tests/cp/r-vs-symlink

   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 # cp -r should not create symlinks.  Fixed in fileutils-4.1.5.
   3 # Restored old behavior (whereby cp -r preserves symlinks) in 4.1.6,
   4 # though now such usage evokes a warning:
   5 # cp: `slink': WARNING: using -r to copy symbolic links is not portable
   6
   7 if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
   8   set -x
   9   cp --version
  10 fi
  11
  12 . $srcdir/../envvar-check
  13
  14 pwd=`pwd`
  15 t0=`echo "$0"|sed 's,.*/,,'`.tmp;tmp=$t0/$$
  16 trap 'status=$?; cd $pwd; rm -rf $t0 && exit $status' 0
  17 trap '(exit $?); exit' 1 2 13 15
  18
  19 framework_failure=0
  20 mkdir -p $tmp || framework_failure=1
  21 cd $tmp || framework_failure=1
  22 echo abc > foo || framework_failure=1
  23 ln -s foo slink || framework_failure=1
  24 ln -s no-such-file no-file || framework_failure=1
  25
  26 if test $framework_failure = 1; then
  27   echo "$0: failure in testing framework" 1>&2
  28   (exit 1); exit 1
  29 fi
  30
  31 fail=0
  32
  33 # This would fail in 4.1.5, not in 4.1.6.
  34 cp -r no-file junk 2>/dev/null || fail=1
  35
  36 cp -r slink bar 2>/dev/null || fail=1
  37 set x `ls -l bar`; shift; mode=$1
  38 case $mode in
  39   l*) ;;
  40   *) fail=1;;
  41 esac
  42
  43 (exit $fail); exit $fail